In my past columns, I have written several on ghost stories. I always enjoy a good ghost story and think everyone else would also. Believe me, there are plenty of ghost stories to go around from Forrest City, with the doctor's house, Monticello with the Queen Ann Victorian House, a vanishing hitchhiker to Mount Holly Cemetery with the statues at the cemetery moving and appearing on the lawns of nearby houses.

Dr. J. O. Rush, a physician and surgeon in 1906, built a home for him and his family in the Queen Anne Victorian design near the railroad tracks in Forrest City. The home was filled with the maimed and the injured, especially those involved in railroad accidents. The house stayed in the family until 1995 and was reopened in 1998 as the St. Francis County Museum.

Shadows in the windows have been seen over the years, as well as things disappearing in thin air. There have been several paranormal investigations in the home with state-of-the-art equipment. Virtually every staff member has had incidents that have been deemed unexplainable. There are tours available at the house year round and large groups can be accommodated by calling ahead.

Another house that appears to be haunted is the Allen House in Monticello. Allen, a successful businessman built an impressive Queen Anne Victorian designed house that remained in the family until 1986. The current owners, Rebecca and Mark Spencer, bought the home in 2007 and at the home, it has been reported that the house seems to 'eat' things.

The legend began with one of his daughters consuming mercury cyanide-laced punch on Dec. 26, 1948 in the master suite of the family home. She died one week later and her mother sealed off the room and it would not be entered by anyone for nearly four decades. There have been many stories concerning shadows in the house including one of a lady sitting in a turret window.

Another story is about the vanishing hitchhiker, a girl, walking on Arkansas Highway 365 South of Little Rock and when she is given a ride and after she is driven to the house, the driver walks around the car to let her out and she disappears. Confused, the man goes to the house, tells the woman who opens the door about the situation and she tells him that the young lady is her daughter. She was killed years ago and hitchhikes back to town once a year.

Mount Holly Cemetery, contains 20 acres established in 1843, between Broadway, Gaines, 11th and 13th streets, near downtown Little Rock. It has been a significant burial place for Arkansans in the fields of politics, literature, art and religion. It also holds 11 governors, 13 state Supreme Court Justices, four United States Senators, four Confederate Generals and 21 Little Rock Mayors.

Each October the park-like grounds also features Tales of the Crypt, where Little Rock Parkview High School students present living history programs featuring some of the famous people buried there. In 1970, Mount Holly was one of the first cemeteries placed on the National Register of Historic Places with a 19th Century cast iron fountain and an antique ornate cast iron fence and gate.

Page 2 of 2 - There have been reports of visitors discovering people dressed in period clothing with bright lights or mists in photographs that have been taken at the cemetery. Some visitors have also claimed that statues have moved and even mysteriously appeared on the lawns of nearby houses in the area. The sounds of a flute echo from nowhere and trinkets appear or disappear on the graves.